{"product_id":"9783032347527","title":"Automation Culture Intersections between Art, Automation, and Living Systems","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave BioArt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAutomation Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIntersections between Art, Automation, and Living Systems\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOron Catts | Sarah Collins | Elizabeth Stephens | Ionat Zurr\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book develops the notion of automation as being mutually constituted by processes of change and metamorphosis. It seeks to stage and observe this encounter—the drive to control, capture, standardise, predict, and determine, set in a generative confrontation with the constant flux of things. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book takes a broad view of the concept of ‘automation’, encompassing repetitive and unassisted processes, as well as wider notions of the automatic, the autonomous and the self-governing, including ideas about agency and sentience. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWoven through a series of case studies involving mechanical mouths, petrified wombs, controlled falls, agential neurotechnology, and archival listening, among others, the book posits automation as a mode of questioning that cuts a range of alternative axes through the categories of art, science, and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"red\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eOron Catts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"red\"\u003e is Associate Professor and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the Conservatorium of Music at The University of Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Stephens\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"red\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eIonat Zurr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"red\"\u003e is Associate Professor at the School of Design, The University of Western Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032347527\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51220641022092,"sku":"9783032347527","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032347527","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}